Heater



2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. BOMA. HEATER.

' (No Model.)

Patented Deo. 24, 1889.

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2 Sheets- Sheet 2.

J. BOMA. HEATER.

(No Model.)

Patented Dec. 24, 1889A.

VUNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

JOHN BOMA, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

H EATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,806, dated December 24, 1889.

i Application led October l0, 1887. Serial No. 251,887. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ wiz/0m, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BOMA, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Burners, of which th'e following` is a specification.

My improvement relates to burners for cooking and heating purposes; and the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a central vertical section of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section in line a: o: of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a plan View of the gearing. Figs is a detail View showing one of the wick-tubes and the socket in which it rests in section.

A indicates the base.

B is the oil pot or fount located therein.

O is the cone-plate, consisting of a hollow ring having as many slots d a, Fig. 2, as there are burners in the apparatus. These slots are located radially and in a circle, as shown.

D D are the wick-tubes, located in the hollow of the cone-plate under the slots. These wicl -tubes are of ordinary form, b ut are attached to a flanged plate E, that rests in a seat on top of the base A, and the lower ends of the wick-tubes rest loosely in sockets b b of another plate F, which is located on the base and forms the top of the reservoir. By this means the wick-tubes can be iitted accurately in place to bring them in line with the slots and be held in proper position, and can be easily inserted and removed. rlhe flanged plate E has holes c c, Fig. l,through which cold air passes into the space between the two plates E F to keep the oilfount cool.

Gr G are legs on top of plate E, supporting the coneplate O and inclosing-drum Il.

I I are shafts having spur-wheels ff for raising the wicks. l There are as many of these shafts and spur-wheels as there are wicktubes, and they are placed at the backs of the wick-tubes, as usual, and the shafts extend outward and have thumb-pieces g g, by which they are operated.

K is a bevel-gear resting centrally betwee the wick-tubes and below the con e-plate C, the same being provided with a hub 7L, which slides freely up and down on a fixed guide-rod t', andl is provided with a circumferential groove.

Ii is a lever pivoted at its inner end at 7c and provided with a ring' Z, which passes around the hub of the bevel-gear, said ring having a pin or pins that rest in the groove, the arrangement being similar to a clutch for shifting gearing. B y th rowing the outer end of the lever up or down the bevel-gear will be correspondingly raised or lowered, as indicated by the dotted lines, Fig. 1

M IWI M are a set of bevel-pinions fined on the ends of the spur-wheel shafts I I and engaging with the centralbevel-gearl. Then the bevel-gear is raised, it will be seen that all the spur-wheel shafts will be turned by turning one of Athe spur-wheel shaftsby hand. The wicks in that case will all be raised or lowered simultaneously and to an equal degree. When the bevel-gear is lowered, it is disengaged from all of the pinions, and each spur-wheel shaft can then be operated independently of the others, so that if it is desired to use only a portion of the burners the wicks I am aware that in lamps having multiple wicks the spur-wheels have been engaged by gearing, so as to turn simultaneously by operating one but in this invention it is desired to operate the spur-wheels of a large number of burners located in a circuit, giving motion to all or be disengaged, so that each can be operatedindependently, which requires a special construction, as above described.

The drawings show the burner applied beneath a water-heater, the same consisting of an annular case N, which receives the water from a hollow dome O through pipes n n and discharges the same into heating-pipes 0 o, located in the fire-chamber, said pipes connecting with an interior chamber p, and the heated water being drawn from said chamber through a discharge-pipe i'.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a series of wicktubes located radially and arranged in a circuit, a hollow coneeplatc provided with slots resting IOO over the Wick-tubes, a series of spur-Wheel In lWitness whereof I have hereunto signed ro shafts connected with the wick-tubes and promy name in the presence of JWo subscribing vided with bevel-pinons at their'nner ends, Witnesses.

a center bevel gear-Wheel engaging with the 5 pinions and resting on L guide-rod, and a lever JOHN BOMA.

connected with the bevel-gear for throwing the sameinto and out of engagement with the Vtnesses:

pinions, as shown and described, and for the R. F. OSGOOD, purpose speeed. XVM. J. MCPHERSON. 

